The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-02


| they get the healthier and handsomer
they are. And exercise in the shape Of
fun and amusement is better for the
health than work, some people think.
Curling is to be commended because
il gives play to the muscles at once OF
the chest, arms and legs. II is q game
on ice. In brief, it consists of skimming
a heavy stone along the ice tillit ar
riVes at given target. 1t is played by
members of clubs. There is something
in this game which arouses all the en-
thusiasm OF Scotchman, and that is g
good deal. The feeling is extremely in
fictitious, too, judging by the way Amer
4 lean boys are going into curling. The
New York Sun has rather clear ex =
i PLANTATION of how tits played. as follows
The game 10 which it bears the great
est similarity is quoits. In each the
object is to throw an article in such 8
way that it shall come to rest as near as
possible to given mark. There the
resem blance ceases. The quot is as
unlike the curling stone as can be
imagined. Instead of a Lound and
half IRON disc or ring, we have stone
| that must weigh at least thirty pounds.
but may not exceed fifty. The shape of
| the curling stone is similar to a much
fattened orange. According to the
rules, its height must be at least one.
eighth of its circumference, and this
must not be greater than thirty-six
inches. into one side OF the stone is
fastened a handle, which the player
grasps when he throws MS stone. A
cuIier's outfit consists of two of these
ponderous toys and broom. The space
required to play the game is forty-two
yards long by seven wide. This is
called a rink. Near the ends of which
goals. or marks are put down in the
ice, SO that they are thirty eight yards
apart. These are called the tees"
Four yards back OF each one circle,
eighteen inches in diameter, is drawn,
within which the player must place his
right foot while throwing lis stone. A
circle seven feet in radius drawn about
each tee indicates how close the stone
must be left to the tee in order that it
shall count at all as shot.
The players wear plaid scarfs and
caps TO give them selves a more or less
Scotch appearance. Four players are
on a side. The captain on side is
called the skip"
Ofthe way the game Is played, the
paper in the New York Sun gives this |
Information: When the game is ready |
to begin, the skips take their positions |
at one of the tees, one mar from each |
side at the other tee. and the remain !
ing four men arrange themselves along |
the intermediate space. The skips |
have absolute authority over their re
spectiVe sides, directing the play of
each individual. One OF the men at the
further tee, with his foot within the
ring, throws his stone
along the ice, aiming for the tee where
his skip stands. If the skip sees any
snow or dust or other obstruction in
the path of the oncoming stone,
he can order his men on the middle
line OF the rink. to sweep it away with
his broom. No player has any right to
touch the stone with his broom, but at
the command OF his skip he NAV re-
move any obstruction in its path.
When the first stone has been thrown
and has come to rest near the tee,
player of the opposing SIDE takes his
turn. His object. of course, is to lay
his stone nearer the tee than that of his
opponent, but he waits for instructions
from his skip as to how lie shall try to
throw. If his opponent las left his
stode directly in his path the skip may
command him to play against it. t.
knock II, if possible, beyond the seven
foot ring, or at al. events further from
the tee than it now is. The player may
Or may not succeed in fulfilling
his skip's desires, The op-
0onent then plays his s.cond
tone, and the second player likewise.
)ne pair having played, they take up
heir brooms and go down to the middle
If the rink while another pair take their
places at the initial tee. The skips play
asst, one curler from each side assum-
ng the directing authority at the criti-
al tee. When all the stones have been
'ast, the umpire counts up. the points
cored by each side, deciding as in
Iuoits by the proximity of the stones
o the object tee. That constitutes an
md; and sometimes a definite number
If ends are played to constitute game,
md sometimes definite tine is played
n each case the scores of completed
ends being aggregated to arrive at
esult.
The excellence Of the playing depends
N the state or the ice. its smoOthnesS
Ind even surface. Canada ice is better
or curling than that II Inc United
'tates. a Curriers' ALWAYS wear rubber
noes, SO that they may get over the ic-
quickly and not fall and break their
roses.
In Canada, where it is so cold. curl
az is played in an incl0sed rink. Great
of players participate in the
anne game, by having eight PLAYERS TO
| side at one time, aud many Kinks run
hing at once. AT the close OF the game
he footings OF all the Kinks are run 10 g.,
o decide which side wins In Scotland
Is many as 405 players have some
INES engaged IN single game. TIE
port is extremely popular in the north
Festern states,
Sporting Notes